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Subject: Re: RFC: Prototype for a user threading library in Ada
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So, I think it is time for an update on the terminology front:

For now, the unanimous sentiment is that "job" is a better fit than "task" =
for the work-items of my tasking model, and Jeffrey even found prior usage =
where this terminology matches exactly. I will thus switch to this terminol=
ogy shortly unless a strong negative sentiment is received.

On the event/completion front, I am as of yet unconvinced that this term re=
ally needs changing. But there is plenty of time before interface freeze so=
 I'll be continuously listening for new feedback.

As for giving the whole project a name that can at least work as a temporar=
y placeholder until I find something better, I still think socialist termin=
ology could be a fun choice that has not been overused to death by the soft=
ware community yet, but I am a bit concerned that "kolkhoz" in particular c=
ould have unfortunate connotations for people originating from ex-USSR.

Due to this, I'd tend to lean more towards "phalanstery", an obscure word w=
hich takes its roots in the original utopian socialism idea of voluntarily =
assembled cooperative communities, and has thus little odds of offending an=
yone. From this point of view, "kibbutz" could arguably also work, but I wo=
uld be wary of naming one of my projects after a religious community which =
I am not part of and am not familiar with ^^